#BC9CED#BC9CED

#BC9CED is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.118 H 301.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9CED
RGB	rgb(188, 156, 237)
HSL	hsl(264, 69%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(264, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 34.2%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.88, 27.74, -36.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.88, 45.75, 307.33°)
OKLab	oklab(75.13% 0.0624 -0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(75.13% 0.118 301.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.9103, 40.5827, 85.4135)
Luminance	0.4058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9CED #CDED9C

analogous

#9CA5ED #BC9CED #E59CED

triadic

#BC9CED #EDBC9C #9CEDBC

tetradic

#BC9CED #ED9CA5 #CDED9C #9CEDE5

square

#BC9CED #ED9CA5 #CDED9C #9CEDE5

split-complementary

#BC9CED #EDE59C #A5ED9C

monochromatic

#7634DA #9968E4 #BC9CED #DFD0F6 #EDE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BC9CED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#BC9CED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9CED

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9CED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9CED	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AAAF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90AAEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9ced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 156, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.118 301.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b9f3',
    500: '#bc9ced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9ced;
$custom-light: #d1b9f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9ced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.704,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7513,
    "c": 0.11842,
    "h": 301.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9CED

secondary

#E8F2D9

accent

#D11487

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9CED

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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